Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect: Unintentional Consequences for Resource Insecurity

ISBN-13: 9781138556096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 204 str.

Larry Swatuk; Lars Wirkus

Opis

This book addresses the policy debates surrounding water resources and climate actions through both theoretical and comparative case studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Theorizing the Boomerang Effect  2. Nothing’s Always Perfect: Lessons from the Three Gorges Dam  3. Four Countries One Aquifer: The Guarani Aquifer and the Duty to Cooperate  4. Shifting Waters: Changing Water Discourses and the Farakka Barrage  5. The Belo Monte Dam: from local protest to national boomerang effect  6. An Assessment of UN-REDD in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam  7. ‘We have the right to do anything we like’: The Boomerang Effects of the Illisu Dam  8. Can Climate Change Challenges Unite a Divided Jordan River Basin   9. A Gendered Analysis of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) as a Strategy for Strengthening Adaptive Capacity in Ghana’s Tolon District  10. Unintended Consequences of Dams and Water Security: An Insight into Women’s Vulnerability and the Spread of Malaria in Ethiopia